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Nexus 7 |OT| Google's $199 7-inch tablet by Asus
- Thread starter ThatObviousUser
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Is there really any downside to pre-ordering through Google Play though? Besides the shipping cost? Also, does anyone know if I can even find out if I'll get it release day if I pre-order on there?
mohsinkhan
Member
Thanks for the heads up man
So GAF, I need your advice, should I preorder this? I've been waiting for a powerful, fairly cheap Android tablet, and I think this is it. I bought a Nook Color last year, rooted it and booted into CM7 via an SD Card and it was great. It was just a bit slow and stuttery. That's properly because the hardware, booting from an SD Card and running CM7. If I enjoyed that, would I enjoy the Nexus 7?
The best advice I have is wherever you plan on buying it, order it ASAP. The earlier you order it, the earlier you'll get it. Will it be release date?AFAIK ordering from Play doesn't guarantee you anything as far as when you'll get the device, even relative to other people who've ordered from Play. I'd assume that Play will work like most retailers, in that they'll fulfill earlier orders first. So, order the dang thing already.
They are. The poster is just very misinformed.
Yeah, I pre-ordered yesterday and had that happen. Still, I'm the second at my GameStop, the FIRST shipment is scheduled for 7/31, and I recall similar for the Circle Pad Pro but that came out months ahead of the touted July date, so I'm going to be cautiously optimistic I'll be seeing this sooner than later.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
July 23rd? Fuck me... that's so late!
I really need this to be delivered by the beginning of August at the latest. I'm going to Cuba at the end of the first week of August or so... so.. uh... yeah.
Give me a solid date Google! What the hell is this?!
On the plus side you'll get the chance to wait on user impressions!
Then again there's already a million reviews gushing about how this is the most amazing 7 inch tablet ever, so I don't think we really need much more than we already have. Except maybe for someone to tell me how PDFs look on it, but I'm satisfied with Adobe's app on Kindle Fire so I just need a nicer resolution I think, which this provides.
Oh well, I guess a tablet isn't exactly a "must-have" in my life right now anyway since I have a laptop, but damn, I really wanted to get this soon.
Lv99 Slacker
Member
The size concerns me. I don't suppose there have been any reports on comic book reading experiences? Graphic novels are a big reason why I've lately started to look at tablets. Should I stick with 10" tablets?
The 7" tablet will be more ideal than the 10". 10" is just a bit oversized. In the iPad's case it's much heavier.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
it's one of my primary interests as well (comics) and I've asked for lots of opinions in plenty of different places and the consensus seems to be that it should be good, more so considering the improved resolution compared to other 7" tablets.
Mammoth Jones
Member
I said the same thing with the Kindle Fire and overall the apps are ass compared to the iPad. Even standard apps like HBO GO, Stitcher, Pandora...etc took a long time to get on the system. Shit, I'm still waiting for an Optimum TV app.....
Hopefully the Nexus will fare better in that regard.
At 7 inches PPI's more of a concern to me than screen size. Granted, I'd probably be happiest with an 8 inch as that'd get really close to graphic novel size, but so long as the screen's not really small and the PPI can capture MOST of the detail, especially to be legible, I'll probably be content.
I suspect it will be, I imagine Google may have a bit more push (especially since they make the OS and as such could make it something that works nice on other phones/tablets), plus the Kindle Fire was running on an outdated OS on weak hardware. This is closer to cutting edge, so combined with the implication this will be A standard I'm hoping we see more stuff ported well. At worst it sounds like web browsing is amazing, and that's what I do most on my iPod other than listening to music anyway.
Wiktor
Member
If I was living in USA I would hold off on Nexus 7 untill we know what Fire 2 will offer, which will be announced before Nexus 7 ships
Wiktor
Member
Depends on comics. For mangas 7 inch is perfect. For american comics it might be a bit small, with iPad being ideal. For european comics though even iPad is too small, same with PnP RPGs (for both of those 12 inch is the bare minimum for full comfort)
May be holding off until the Mini iPad as well. I'm super-pumped, but I want to see what's the best bang for my buck.
I have a feeling the Fire 2 will still be running the same outdated variant of Android that the Fire 1 did. Failing that, it at least won't be running a Jellybean variant, and likely will be stuck to Amazon's store rather than the wider Google one.
Though this is ALSO why it's better to pre-order at GameStop, if you ordered from Google you're stuck with them and paying that shipping fee, but at GameStop you could just dump your pre-order and take the money back or move it elsewhere. There's also the Surface coming up, but I would rationalize that as something you'd get for actual productivity and the Nexus 7 for web browsing or reading stuff.
ThatObviousUser
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Just ordered my 16 GBer.
Eh. Hardware will probably be the same but their software sucks. It won't run Jelly Bean, won't have the Play Store, Chrome, Maps, and other Google apps.
Er.
Ah hahaha, wow if that somehow held true that'd be the OPPOSITE of a problem. Going back to fix that.
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PwnCakes193
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WHAT
I've been trying to find any evidence of Staples and the Nexus 7 being connected right now and nobody would say anything and we haven't got any information handed out to us.
Even when I talked to higher ups they still said there were no plans for at least another few months....
This Engadget article is making me regret all the time I spent looking for anything
I'll give someone my employee number if they want a nice discount as well
I've been trying to find any evidence of Staples and the Nexus 7 being connected right now and nobody would say anything and we haven't got any information handed out to us.
Even when I talked to higher ups they still said there were no plans for at least another few months....
This Engadget article is making me regret all the time I spent looking for anything
I'll give someone my employee number if they want a nice discount as well
People have made do with roughly the same resolution on the 10" iPad 1+2, and it may even seem nicer considering the DPI is higher on the 7" screen. Next consideration will be how fast that Tegra chip can render a page on the screen while panning and zooming.
Bomber Bob
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Nope, It's prolly goin to download apps from blackberry app world
Of course Amazon is ain't going to allow the Fire to access google play
It will be tolerable. Particularly with something like guided view that comixology uses, it'll make that 7" screen at least a little better.
Comics on a 10" screen are rather godly.
Here's one way to look at it: GameStop the corporation gets X number of units to divvy up amongst their stores, and so they get pre-orders that take up X number of units then create a second wave SKU in the system for when they get their next batch. What I think you're thinking of is every store getting a guaranteed X number of units, which was admittedly what I hoped when I asked the clerk if I'd have luck at another since there's two others locally.
The Nexus 7 has a higher resolution than a good portion of 10" tablets. It's going to be fine, easier to hold as well.
No. It's the standard res for Honeycomb tablets.
And now most are moving to higher res
At this point, I would just order one. Taking more time to think it through will only delay it further. If all plays out okay, you're guaranteed a device this month.
I'm going off the iPad 2 primarily. Finding a Honeycomb tablet in the wild is pretty rare.
There's no standard res for anything android.
I'm not sure that I'm following you?
I was laughing 'cause it's true.
Ah, yeah. I was just hoping you weren't going to go on a LOLAPPLE thing, that's all. If I've ever seen a Honeycomb tablet, I would have just walked by it at Staples or something. Other than that, I've seen a few people get those shitty Android knockoffs at CVS.